Now about your son, who is the only child of Marco.
You raised the boy himself in a totally different
country, and of course, all his life is totally different.
How have you managed to deal with it, to give him
American freedom, being an emotional Eastern parent
at the same time?
My son! Easily the best thing that happened in my life. Raising a
child as a single father is truly a difficult task; I had some help but
not much from his mother! From the time my son became 2.5 me
and his mother separated, and that started a bitter child custody
battle! She knew how much I loved my son and wanted to punish
me by trying to take him away from me. I had NO idea what TRUE
love meant until I saw my son being born! But I fought back even
having to borrow money from a loan shark to pay for my attorney!
We settled for 50/50 custody but I ended up taking care of him
70% of the time, and about 9 years ago his mom completely let go
of taking care of my son, I raised him 100% of the time from there
on. It has not been easy to try and raise him while looking for work,
providing for him (in every way without ANY help from his mom!),
dealing with relationships of my own at the same time! Since he
was young baby I have tried and talked with him in Armenian. He
has come with me almost every year to the march on April, 24th
(Armenian Genocide). I have tried to live by example for my son,
doing the right things, taking care of him, our pets and being a
father and a mother in one person.
Does he know his roots? Describe your son in the way
you want...
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